To Be...A Spartan MD

Michigan State University College of Human Medicine has announced an agreement with three Southeast Michigan universities that will provide an enhanced opportunity for the institutions’ premedical students to attend medical school at MSU. MSU’s Southeast Michigan community campus at Ascension Providence Hospital hosted Dean Norman J. Beauchamp Jr., MD, MHS to sign Early Assurance Program (EAP) agreements with Virinder K. Moudgil, PhD, president and CEO of Lawrence Technological University ; Katherine Snyder, PhD, dean, College of Engineering, University of Detroit Mercy ; and Mitchel A. Sollenberger, PhD, associate provost for undergraduate programs and integrative learning at University of Michigan-Dearborn . “Michigan State is committed to bringing well-qualified premedical students from Michigan’s higher education institutions to the College of Human Medicine,” Beauchamp said. “As a community-based medical school with seven campuses statewide, EAP is part of our long-term vi

    “I wish every child had the opportunity to be cared for by a black male doctor. They would come to trust and respect this person and, early in life, develop a personal and positive relationship with a black man. Maybe then more people would understand that individuals who look like me, no matter what they’re wearing, are likely to be sincere, intelligent, and loving.” -Dr. Dale Okorodudu Black Men in White Coats ™ is a national organization founded by Dr. Dale Okorodudu during his residency at Duke University to inspire more of these individuals to consider medicine as an occupation, ultimately helping to address the shortage of black men in the field of medicine. The organization was created in response to the astounding decline in black male applicants to medical school as reported by the Association of American Medical Colleges in their 2015 report, Altering the Course: Black Males in Medicine .    Eric Poole In the 36 years between 1978 and 2014 the numbers of